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20 Cards in this Set
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something added to something else as helpful or useful but not essential
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adjunct
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the male sheep that leads the flock to the slaughterhouse
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bellwether
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to howl or screech like a cat /a harsh or noisy cry
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caterwaul
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absurd wildly fantastic impossible
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chemerical
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lacking in wholesome vigor or energy worn out or exhausted
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effete
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an accomplished and presumably irreversible deed
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fait accompli
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narrominded and rigid INTOLERANT
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hidebound
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any system of things or people arranged or graded one above another in order of rank
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hierarchy
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a religiouse service or rite
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liturgy
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something illusory without substance or without a basis in reality an illusion
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mirage
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a patch of low soft wet ground a swamp or a confusing situation
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morass
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offensive or disgusting foul-smelling harmful or injurious
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noisome
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forgetful unaware
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oblivious
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a base coward
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poltroon
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a convert NOVICE
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proselyte
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resembling but not actually being KIND OF
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quasi
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good humored ridicule teasing
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raillery
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irreverently mocking coarse vulgar or indecent language
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ribald
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lying flat on one's back listless or lethargic PRONE
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supine
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a short description or sketch a picture or illustration with edges that gradually shade off
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vignette
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